(1) Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly used for
acute respiratory failure with few absolute but many relative contraindications. The provider …

Introduction Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is widely used during refractory
cardiac or respiratory failure, and some case reports described ECMO utilization in critical …

Objectives To summarize the anesthetic management of patients undergoing mediastinal
mass operation. Methods Electronic databases were searched to identify all case reports of …

The management of massive anterior mediastinal masses (AMM) is challenging. With the
burgeoning role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO) beyond the …

General anaesthesia has a well-recognised risk of mortality in patients with severe lower
airway obstruction. 1 Mortality has also been reported when sedation has been used. 2 …

Anesthesia management of patients with mediastinal mass compressing the central airway
is considered challenging. It is widely believed that general anesthesia induction in patients …

The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is expanding as surgeons look
at its utility beyond rescue treatment and have started adopting it for high-risk procedures to …

* Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH y
Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH z …

The perioperative management of patients undergoing mediastinal mass operations
presents a persistent challenge across multiple clinical specialties. General anesthesia …

As to huge solid mediastinal tumor which direct compression or invasion of the
superior/inferior vena cava (SVC/IVC), surgical resection remains the main lifesaving …